Category Archives: Politics

Defining the Marital Union – A Conversation with Leslie J. Harris

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Eric

Leslie J. Harris is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Her book, State of the Marital Union: Rhetoric, Identity, and Nineteenth-Century Marriage Controversies, analyzes the rhetoric surrounding five marital issues from the 1800s: domestic violence, divorce, polygamy, … Continue reading →

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Beyond Right and Left – A Conversation with Karin Fry

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Eric

Karin Fry is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Her new book, Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric: The Road to Compromise, explores the positions commonly advocated by culture war adversaries, searching for opportunities for … Continue reading →

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Chaos and Concern – A Conversation with Leslie D. Smith

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Eric

Leslie Dorrough Smith is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. Her book, Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America, provides the first full-length analysis of CWA rhetoric. Smith situates CWA … Continue reading →

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